George Dearing

Dearing Group LLC. - I share tidbits on media, technology, marketing & sustainability [http://georgedearing.com]
Guess the internet doesn't work >"Restoration Hardware weighs in again with that 17-pound catalogue on your doorstep" http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
"a niche industry has emerged offering software that helps consumers cut the cable cord" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
RT @RicohTweets: In the information mobility age, distractions at work are everywhere. @GeorgeDearing shares how they impact business: http://www.workintelligent.ly/informa...
New piece on the "Impact of Distractions at Work" | http://www.workintelligent.ly/informa... #Workintelligently
Indeed RT @andybellatti: Great @bittman op-ed: when it comes to health, degree of processing matters a whole lot. | http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
7-Elevens w/books RT @andybellatti: @katiecouric on school lunch debacle: "can't afford to feed our children trash: http://www.usatoday.com/story...
Wraps a little perspective around Uber => "a digital mesh — a power grid which goes within metro areas" http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs...
RT @kevinroose: Should have posed with the Winklevii. RT @Goldfarb: Here’s a sample Brat ad against Cantor RT @DaveBratVA7th: https://twitter.com/DaveBra...
"a minor classic in the genre of special interest pleading" => [How the VCR Wiped out Movies and Television] http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014... | #fb
RT @SavedYouAClick: No. They’re creating a font. For computers. RT @Digiday: Can Bic's crowdsourcing campaign get people excited about writing again?
Damn..had to look twice at these. Terrible way to respond to the homeless issue. (Via @GEO7GE) https://twitter.com/GeorgeD...
Interesting study..put the right food in front of your kids, but cut the sales pitch. [NYT] #fb http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014...
RT @Iearnsomething: This is what a hummingbird looks like close up. https://twitter.com/Iearnso...
Not surprising from a "climate agnostic" => Wind? Biofuels? Get Real, a Contrarian Says [NYT] http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014...
Good lead => “Carbon is the new Vietnam: American students want out.” http://www.economist.com/news... | #divestment
RT @SavedYouAClick: Invaded Normandy. RT @businessinsider: Here's how the Allies began to win World War 2, 70 years ago tomorrow
Some entertaining points => "Our cultural canon is becoming determined by whatever gets the most clicks." [NYT] http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
RT @LHSummers: History teaches that as surely as gov't underestimates the cost of big public projects, biz overestimates the cost of environmental mandates
Ours were up almost 14% in #ATX -- "Surge in property tax bills spurs push to reform tax appraisal" | http://www.mystatesman.com/news... [@Statesman]
"Obama Isn't Killing Power Plants. The Sun Is." | http://www.bloombergview.com/article... [@BV]
"Feather in Her Crown" by Peter Bradley Adams http://open.spotify.com/track...
New piece @yesware -- “The New Reality Of Sales: What Works And What Doesn’t” http://www.yesware.com/blog... | #tech #sales
So Uber is about to be worth more than Hertz. / #ididntsaybubble #fb http://www.bloomberg.com/news...
Mall-dependent, non-essential items..Brookstone was lucky to sell for what it did. -- http://www.bloomberg.com/news...
MT @musicismyradar: new favourite thing: wine description vandalism. Exhibits A (https://twitter.com/Filosof...) and B (https://twitter.com/Filosof...) #fb
More think pieces from thinkfluencers in think-tanks..excellent. -http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifesty...
A slew of good pieces lately on fighting distractions..latest from David Brooks. | http://www.nytimes.com/2014... [NYT]
RT @NCAACWS: Super Coooooogs! @UHCougarBB stuns LSU 12-2 and is Super Regional bound! #RoadToOmaha https://twitter.com/NCAACWS...
RT @SportsMT: It's so quiet in Baton Rouge, you could hear a flask drop.
Agree w/commenter - too much focus on business profits, not enough on human progress" -> "Why You Hate Work" / http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
Not everyone is drinking the driverless car kool-aid. -- http://www.newrepublic.com/article... [@TNR]